Slow ethics in an age of fast technology: the ethical implications of Industry 4.0 for social work

dc.contributor.authorBanks, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorBertotti, Teresa
dc.contributor.authorForlenza, Daria
dc.contributor.authorGemara, Netanel
dc.contributor.authorReimer, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorSegal, Michal
dc.contributor.authorShears, Jane
dc.contributor.authorSobocan, Ana M.
dc.contributor.authorStrom, Kimberly
dc.contributor.authorÚriz Pemán, María Jesús
dc.contributor.authorYamaguchi, Mai
dc.contributor.departmentSociología y Trabajo Sociales_ES
dc.contributor.departmentSoziologia eta Gizarte Lanaeu
dc.contributor.departmentInstitute for Advanced Social Research - ICOMMUNITASen
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-04T09:07:27Z
dc.date.available2025-07-04T09:07:27Z
dc.date.issued2025-06-16
dc.date.updated2025-07-04T09:04:11Z
dc.description.abstractThis paper brings together a range of perspectives on the ethicalimplications for social work of the growing use of digital technologies, big data, artificial intelligence and other features of 'Industry 4.0' (the fourth industrial revolution). Drawing on contributions to a workshop co-organised by the Ethics and Social Welfare journal, contributors explore: the nature and importance 'slow ethics' in an age of fast technological developments; ethical challenges for social work with the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, which outlaws digital communications; the empowering effect of online meetings for a young person in Italy; and the possibilities and limitations of using algorithms in mental capacity assessments and in ethical decision-making more broadly. Stimulated by these examples, the concluding discussion considers how to maintain a person-centred approach in social work, being pro-active in developing positive uses and resisting the de-humanising and exclusionary impacts of digital technologies.en
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dc.identifier.citationBanks, S., Bertotti, T., Forlenza, D., Gemara, N., Reimer, E., Segal, M., Shears, J., Sobocan, A. M., Strom, K., Úriz, M. J., Yamaguchi, M. (2025). Slow ethics in an age of fast technology: the ethical implications of Industry 4.0 for social work. Ethics and Social Welfare, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2025.2512949.
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/17496535.2025.2512949
dc.identifier.issn1749-6535
dc.identifier.urihttps://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/54392
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.relation.ispartofEthics and Social Welfare (2025)
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2025.2512949
dc.rights© 2025 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License, which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in anymedium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.
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dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectSocial worken
dc.subjectSlow ethicsen
dc.subjectIndustry 4.0en
dc.subjectDigital technologyen
dc.subjectArtificial intelligence (AI)en
dc.titleSlow ethics in an age of fast technology: the ethical implications of Industry 4.0 for social worken
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